Once you've started the MySQL server, you probably want to add a root account in order to maintain your MySQL users and databases. This can be done manually or automatically, as mentioned by the output of the above script. Either run the commands to set a password for the root account, or run the secure installation script.

Once you've started the MySQL server, you probably want to add a root account in order to maintain your MySQL users and databases. This can be done manually or automatically, as mentioned by the output of the above script. O lanciate i comandi per settare la password per l'account root, oppure lanciate lo script di installazione sicura.[http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html#resetting-permissions-unix]

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You now should be able to do further configuration using your favorite interface. For example you can use MySQL's command line tool to login as root into your MySQL server: